Tuberculosis Case Study: Isolation Hospital

It is interesting we are discussing Tuberculosis (TB) since I work in a building which used to be an "Isolation Hospital" in the Hartford area. The morgue is less than a mile away, the tunnels running under my building were used to transport the infected dead to the crematorium. TB in residential facilities is very serious, part of the protocol before admission it to have had a TB test results along with your paperwork. Staff are to be tested for TB every year (for me this is a pain literally because I don't like needles). This is how seriously TB is for facilities that house people, particularly those with addictions. TB is another infection that addicts don't usually pay much attention to contracting. Once again due to lack of education they are unaware of how easy their lifestyle makes it for them to contract TB. I have encountered many people with Hep C and HIV but none with a positive TB, currently on medication only because we would not allow that person into the community that we service. Although certain strains of TB are curable, there was a time when it was a death sentence. …show more content…
If the person is actively in their addiction the possibility of them coming in for treatment is very low and it is often mistaken for something else." Misconceptions about TB transmission are also widespread. Drug treatment programs can play a key role by undertaking screening programs that educate about TB and identify infected subjects who would benefit from preventive therapy," (Durante, Selwyn, & O'Connor,